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Hampton Court Palace flower show to highlight the plight of refugees

As worldwide forced displacement is at its highest levels ever recorded, visitors to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Flower Show from 5 to 10 July will be encouraged to stop and consider the plight of the world’s refugees fleeing conflict,...

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UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia handing over security responsibility to national forces

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UN peacekeepers in Liberia.

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Quartet report cites violence, settlements and Gaza as barriers to Middle East peace – UN envoy

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Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the...

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Iraq Crisis: 3.6 million children now at risk from increasing violence

3.6 million children in Iraq – one in five in the country - are at serious risk of death, injury, sexual violence, abduction and recruitment into armed groups, according to a new UNICEF report.

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